KEY POINTS
- Nigeria’s national grid collapsed again on Friday, cutting power generation to just 20MW nationwide.
- Only Ibadan DisCo received electricity, while the remaining 10 DisCos recorded zero allocation.
- The latest failure adds to a string of grid collapses in recent months, despite official claims of improved power generation.
Nigeria was plunged into near total darkness on Friday after the national grid suffered another collapse, causing power generation to crash to just 20 megawatts across the country.
The collapse led to an almost complete shutdown of electricity supply to the nation’s 11 distribution companies, with only Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company recording any load as of Friday afternoon.
Only Ibadan DisCo receives power allocation
Data released by the Nigeria National Grid on its verified X account at 1:20 p.m. showed that Ibadan DisCo received the entire 20MW available on the grid.
All other distribution companies recorded zero allocation. Abuja, Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt and Yola DisCos were all without supply at the time of the update.
The development left large parts of the country without electricity, compounding ongoing concerns over the fragility of Nigeria’s power infrastructure.
The incident comes barely three weeks after the national grid slipped into emergency mode on December 29, 2025, when a similar collapse left most distribution companies without power.
During that episode, total generation fell sharply within one hour, dropping from 2,052.37MW to 139.92MW between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., pointing to a major system disturbance.
According to figures from the Nigerian Independent System Operator, only three DisCos were able to take load at the time, with nationwide allocation standing at just 120MW.
